* Jenny Whidden and Dan Petrella at the Tribune …
Government Secretary JB Pritzker will unveil a plan later this week that will gradually move the state from current coronavirus restrictions to a full reopening, officials said Monday. […]
But during a Senate health committee meeting Monday, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said that he ‘from where we are now to phase five’ (maybe) is not just an on-off switch, but a switch can be another phase. ”
Jordan Abudayyeh, spokesman for Pritzker, confirmed that the government was “working on a phased reopening”. […]
Ezike said the key measures that would lead to full reopening, including vaccination of a majority of the elderly, as well as consideration of overall vaccinations, and that the number of deaths associated with COVID-19 is still declining.